Barrett on Bloomberg: Where’s His Second Term?

November 19, 2008

Unlike us, reporting legend Wayne Barrett is no reflexive anti-Bloomberger, and admits the current Mayor’s the best New York city or state official “I’ve covered in 31 years at the Voice.”

But, says Barrett, “he’s also the worst” — that is, after a heroic first term, he became addicted to self-promotion and political intrigues. “Now, he’s decided he wants a third term,” says Barrett, “even though he still owes us a second.”